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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, February 04, 2016

MOTION NO. 23

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

Cooldrinagh, Lucan

To support submission DRAFTDEVPLAN035 to clarify the zoning of a parcel of existing residential properties at Cooldrinagh Lane, Lucan to the south of the N4 as zoning ‘RES’.

Co-sponsored by Cllr. Casserly

REPORT:

The subject residential properties are located within the Rural Metropolitan Area of the County beyond the edge of the settlements defined under the Chapter 1 Core Strategy and settlement hierarchy. These lands are zoned to prevent an intensification of development beyond the boundaries of the identified settlements in rural areas of the County that are not served by existing or planned infrastructure, services and facilities.

Residential development is listed as open for consideration under the 'RU' zoning objective for the subject lands and the residential properties at Cooldrinagh Lane have been long established as low density residential developments. The 'RU' zoning of the subject lands will continue to allow for appropriate extension of these residential properties in line with recent planning permissions for such development.

The application of a 'RES' zoning objective to the subject lands would establish the principle of additional dwellings in this rural area. This would shift the emphasis of consolidation away from the identified growth settlements in the County including the Metropolitan Consolidation Towns of Lucan and Clondalkin and would undermine the consolidation of such settlements including their existing social and physical infrastructure, services and facilities. The motion would promote agglomerations in rural lands that are more difficult to serve by infrastructure, services and facilities.

The zoning of the subject lands for residential development would therefore be at variance with the Core Strategy and would undermine its settlement hierarchy.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.